Pressure Cooker

Four months after a nationwide recall of baby formula, this crucial food remains widely out of stock--and parents remain desperate. In this episode we talk to Katie Kennedy, a mom who drove 800 miles to buy the specialty formula her daughter needs to survive, and to Helena Bottemiller Evich, who did the most definitive reporting into how the crisis occurred–and how it might be resolved.

The interviews are both heart-wrenching and sadly instructive on how America treats mothers and children. (Helena, formerly a star reporter at Politico, will soon be launching a food policy newsletter. Sign up for information about the launch here:https://bit.ly/3I580ur).

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Why isn’t my kid eating green beans or zucchini or, for that matter, any food that isn’t beige? It’s a headache for so many parents. One theory holds that, with the help of the right bribe, you can teach kids to like anything. And so Jane dragoons her 10-year-old daughter Lucy into an experiment to see if she can learn to accept her most dreaded food: tomatoes. Jane and Liz talk to Julie Mennella, a taste scientist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center to learn just what it takes to make kids eat their vegetables, and serve up the simplest tips and tricks for parents to win the vegetable wars without losing their minds.

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You’ve read the headlines: kids who sit down to dinner nightly with their parents are healthier, better adjusted, and less likely to smoke, drink, and abuse drugs. But the reality is that many – if not most – American families struggle to break bread together on a regular basis. Those who do, especially with young children, might find it surprisingly…torturous. Jane and Liz dig into the research to discover whether the link between family dinner and children’s wellbeing is truly so well established and offer simple ways that families can get the same benefits, without the Norman Rockwell-style tableau. 

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